Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump approved late Monday a defense budget law delaying the delivery of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets to Turkey in a move that goes against trade agreements and disregards international trade law, Daily Sabah...

If US doesn’t deliver, it should be easy for them to make a deal with Russia for their warplanes. Or China. Turkey has just announced huge tariffs on American cars and other products. US is friendly with the Kurds, who are the enemy of Turkey.

Its simple, if Turkey wanted to be one of our allies, they would be more friendly - they are not. They have imprisoned innocent people of ours for one thing. There has to be a mutual understanding and trust in the mix.

This is why it’s really hard to take Trump criticism seriously. The big reason for the delay is Turkey’s impending purchase of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system. There’s real concern at the Pentagon and among other F-35 partner nations that Russia will be able to leverage Turkey’s ownership of the F-35 to develop counter-measures for the aircraft. So, on the one hand, Trump is a Russian puppet, but on the other, he’s taking positive steps to ensure that the US and NATO maintain technical superiority of Russian defense systems.

I could be wrong, but I think whenever we deliver some advanced weapon to an ally, it’s a “cut-down” version unless the ally is somebody like Britain, Canada or Australia. Doesn’t have all the bells and whistles.